Title :
An autonomous underwater vehicle as a student project
Author :
Woodward, Bryan ; Connelly, P. ; Barson, Lloyd ; Bourne, Simon ; Fish, Lee ; Jackson, Charles ; Rawlings, Phillip
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK
Abstract :
The challenge presented to five fourth-year undergraduate students was to take a “top-down” systems approach to design, construct, programme and test an underwater vehicle operating in a “hands-off” mode. To achieve the aim of semi-autonomous operation, a commercial SEAPUP remotely operated vehicle, with 300 metres of cable, was adapted so that a computer replaced its joystick. The project was treated as a learning process leading ultimately to the design and operation of a true AUV
Keywords :
control engineering education; marine systems; mobile robots; AUV; SEAPUP remotely operated vehicle; autonomous underwater vehicle; semi-autonomous operation; student project; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace industry; Inspection; Manganese; Marine animals; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; System testing; Underwater cables; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Underwater Technology, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4273-9
DOI :
10.1109/UT.1998.670080
